As the college football season winds to a close, many of the NFL teams who will see their years end short of the playoffs will start to tune their attention towards the Bowl Season.
The Washington Redskins have surely had their fingers on the pulse of what’s going on near the top of the draft, as they will likely have a top-5 pick when all is said and done. While Ohio State defensive end Chase Young — a former teammate of QB Dwayne Haskins and WR Terry McLaurin — has been on the radar for Washington, there’s another player near the top of almost every draft board who also has deep connections to the Redskins.
LSU QB Joe Burrow is familiar with Washington’s personnel, particularly with Haskins and McLaurin, as he spent time in the Ohio State locker room before transferring to LSU. Now, playing with the Tigers, he has had a career year, and he is undoubtedly the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy and be selected No. 1 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft. This comes as no surprise to McLaurin.
“I’m not surprised at all,” McLaurin said, via The Athletic. “Me and Joe are really close to this day. I believed in him way back at Ohio State.”
While McLaurin and Burrow didn’t share a connection on the field, they were definitely in each other’s orbits off of it. When it came to playing the game, though, another Redskins player kept Burrow from the field.
Haskins beat out Burrow for the starting job at Ohio State in 2018, which led to Burrow transferring to LSU.
“We made each other better,” Haskins said. “I’m not surprised at all (Joe is) doing well this year. He’s not going to make too many mistakes.”
It seems extremely unlikely that the Redskins would use their early-round pick to select Burrow, seeing as he will likely not still be on the board by the time they are on the clock, and they seem to believe in Haskins’ ability going forward. However, there technically is a chance that the old college teammates could be together once again, and another QB competition would commence.
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